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Question 1

WHAT IS THE SIZE OF HEART

Answer 1

size of a fist and weight less than 1 lb

Question 2

Location of the heart

Answer 2

between lungs in thoracic cavity

Question 3

Orientation of the heart

Answer 3

apex (bottom) towards left side

Question 4

double-layered sac that
anchors and protects heart

Answer 4

Pericardium

Question 5

membrane around heart’s
cavity

Answer 5

PARIETAL PERICARDIUM

Question 6

membrane on heart’s surface

Answer 6

VISCERAL PERICARDIUM

Question 7

space around the heart

Answer 7

PERICARDIAL CAVITY

Question 8

extends around the heart,
separating the atria from the ventricles.

Answer 8

CORONARY SULCUS

Question 9

extends
inferiorly from the coronary sulcus on the anterior
surface of the heart.

Answer 9

ANTERIOR INTERVENTRICULAR SULCUS

Question 10

extends
inferiorly from the coronary sulcus on the
posterior surface of the heart.

Answer 10

POSTERIOR INTERVENTRICULAR SULCUS

Question 11

carry blood from the body to the right atrium

Answer 11

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA AND INFERIOR VENA CAVA

Question 12

carry blood from the lungs to the left atrium

Answer 12

PULMONARY VEINS

Question 13

often called the great vessels or great arteries, carry blood away from the ventricles of the heart

Answer 13

TWO ARTERIES

Question 14

arising from the right
ventricle, splits into the right and left pulmonary
arteries, which carry blood to the lungs.

Answer 14

PULMONARY TRUNK